NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
4.4x more core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 59% better floating-point performance: 127.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 367 vs 150
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 27
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2376 vs 1679
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2376 vs 1679

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2008 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	530 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	367 vs 150
PassMark - G2D Mark	38 vs 27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2376 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2376 vs 1679

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1598 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

367

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2376

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2376

1679

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	367	150
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2376	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2376	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1140

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G96
Launch date	14 August 2008	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.95
Place in performance rating	1528	1530
Price now	$99.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	7.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	120 MHz
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.1 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1598 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0